Linus Torvalds wrote:> Process startup is slightly slower due to the translation overhead, but> that doesn't matter for the kernel anyway (so a native kernel wouldn't> much help). And we do cache translations in memory, even across> invocations. I suspect the reason large builds are slower are due to slow> memory and/or occasionally overflowing the translation cache.

So how can I increase the size of the translation cache. I read fromTransmeta's whitepaper that both BIOS and OS can do this. This meanthat I should be able to insert a little piece of code in the kernelsomewhere and experiment with the new setting. I guess it might be a PCIregister?

How about the persistent translation service on Linux?a) Transmeta will write it for us.b) Transmeta will open enough info. for us to write it our own.What do you think?